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What's new in VAKA

Building in public. Every visible change to VAKA is logged here. The small technical details live on GitHub.

v0.10

HN launch gate + emails + Top Neighbor threshold

May 10, 2026

Close of day 1 of the autonomous sprint. VAKA launches exclusively in Honduras. Visitors outside HN land on a waitlist page. A complete lifecycle email system. Top Neighbor activates automatically at 500 users.

  • LaunchHN-only gate: visitors outside Honduras see /locations/{country} with a waitlist.
  • FeatureGoogle OAuth enabled on web + mobile. Apple gated to iOS + an Apple Developer account.
  • Feature25+ branded email templates (renter, owner, claims, Top Neighbor lifecycle).
  • FeatureThe Top Neighbor program activates automatically when the platform reaches 500 registered users.
  • FeatureVAKA Blog with 8 seed articles for organic SEO.
  • FeatureSustainability page with aggregate impact metrics.
  • FeaturePublic Status page with live service monitoring.
  • SecurityFull Sentry integration (web + API + mobile) with replay on 1% of sessions, 100% of errors.
  • SecurityMig 035: column-level grants on public.users close an email/phone leak to anon.
  • SecurityHelmet hardening on the API (HSTS 1y + preload, referrer policy, body limits 10mb→1mb).
  • SecurityReal HMAC verification on the Sumsub webhook (it used to return 200 OK without a signature).
  • FixService Worker strategy: stale-while-revalidate → networkFirst (fixed the "0 products" bug).
  • Fixa11y in 8 modals — role="dialog" + aria-modal + aria-label.
  • FixWeb TS errors 11 → 0 (Supabase auth handler types).
  • FixPricing on /empezar-a-publicar fixed (FAQ + calculator + label 3% → 20%).
v0.9

Complete visual assets

May 8, 2026

Christian finishes a round of brand assets: sounds, dynamic OG, UI images (categories, empty states, trust badges, hero, onboarding).

  • FeatureHome HeroCarousel with 2 photos fading every 6s.
  • FeatureDynamic OG images per item.
  • FeatureBrand sounds (5 × 4 formats for web + mobile).
  • Feature23+ UI images (empty states, categories, trust badges, hero, onboarding).

Phases 33-35: returns + claims + emails

May 5, 2026

Item return system with GPS photo validation, formal claims with a VAKA mediator, transactional email automation (Resend).

  • Feature/initiate-return endpoint + Phase 33.1 live camera on web.
  • FeatureMobile booking detail/actions/return + dual-role pickup.
  • FeatureEmail automation with 5 transactional triggers.
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